Kalev Leetaru, RCPOne of the goals of the RealClearPolitics’ Fact Check Review is to seed informed conversation about the fact-checking landscape. Towards this end, it was gratifying recently to hear from the Washington Post’s Fact Checker offering that publication’s take on two of the key focal points we draw out in the Review: factually true statements labeled as false on grounds of being “misleading” and the common practice of assigning a single rating to a collection of independent claims.

William Sullivan, American ThinkerThe left may not win this fight as they’ve won so many others, such as Dave Chappelle, who innocently suggested to an audience that we should “give Trump a chance.” He later apologized for it after the comment angered some of his more “woke” fans. More recently, after a social backlash, pop-country singer Shania Twain apologized for an “awkward” comment she made in Guardian interview, in which she said that she would have voted for Donald Trump.The SJWs of the left demand absolute compliance to maintain relevance in the social sphere, you see.

Robin Wright, The New YorkerThe Iran nuclear deal—the most significant non-proliferation agreement in more than a quarter century, whether you like the terms or not—is perched on the edge of a diplomatic cliff.

Clement & Lyon, Globe & MailThe social media giant, Facebook, is in the public spotlight, called to account for its cavalier handling of the life details of two billion users. Hard on the heels of the U.S. Congress hearings, the Canadian Parliament has begun to scrutinize the breach of personal information involving Cambridge Analytica and Facebook. This is a perfect opportunity to understand better the darker corners of today’s digital society and take appropriate remedial action.

Charles Hurt, Washington TimesAmid all the press frothing and Democrat demagoguery over the phantom Russia collusion scandal, President Trump has been systematically and persistently chalking up victory after victory, making good on a long list of promises he made during the campaign.

John Dickerson, The AtlanticDonald Trump often appears to be a president in rebellion against his office. A president, we have come to expect, hastens to the scene of a natural disaster to comfort the afflicted. After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, President Trump arrived tardily and behaved unseriously, tossing rolls of paper towels at storm-battered residents as if he were trying to drain three-point shots.

Bill Scher, RCPSpeaker Paul Ryan may want to spend more time with his family, but he also knows that there’s nothing for him to do in Washington. Maybe you’d settle for seeing your children on the weekend if there was a real shot at enacting big conservative reforms. But there’s no point making such sacrifices if all there is to do is keep the government open with legislative duct tape.

Chelsea Clinton on Friday called out New York Times reporter Amy Chozick for claiming the former first daughter popped Champagne on the night of the 2016 presidential election and poured it into Hillary Clinton campaign staffers' glasses.

Fortune Cookie

A [golf] ball sliced or hooked into the rough shall be lifted and
placed in the fairway at a point equal to the distance it carried or
rolled into the rough. Such veering right or left frequently results
from friction between the face of the club and the cover of the ball
and the player should not be penalized for the erratic behavior of the
ball resulting from such uncontrollable physical
phenomena.
-- Donald A. Metz